Tux and Spell

Manuella's Death

"As soon as you were contacted and arrived here, wasn't there someone to look after Manuella's body?" Jacob asked, the cop shook his head.

"I don't know, I was the first to come here and I didn't see anyone. I saw Manuella's body lying in front of the entrance of the restaurant, about 2 to 3 meters from the door. There was no one there and the door was half-open." Santiago said Obviously.

"Then the neighbors reported! Didn't he come to Manuella? There was no sympathy, his own neighbor was shot and killed, he just stayed at home!" Jacob said expressing his surprise.

"The neighbor who called is an old man, he can't walk, he sits in a wheelchair. He himself told the police on duty when reporting, that he couldn't go down and only saw what happened. He accidentally saw and heard the shot, when he was on the phone with his grandson and he was facing the window, in his two-story house.

Jacob nodded, "then where are the kids now?"

"I didn't know Manuella actually had a child." The answer is fast.

"Margy! Hurry and try to enter the restaurant, not far from the kitchen, there is a hallway. There are three rooms, you can see one by one, there are two children of Manuella. The first is Maria who is about 12 years old, the other is Robby. she is about 10 years old. It's a shame they don't know what happened to her mother. Don't let them wake up and her mother's body is gone."

"Jacob, I'm not sure I'll be able to do it. I can't bear to tell them this news, Jacob."

"Just say it, just wake them up first and ask them out, I'll talk to her. Meanwhile, I want to check on Manuella's condition, I have to see it with my own eyes," said Jacob.

Margy nodded and walked into the restaurant, there were several police lines and signs on the floor. Margy's heart was beating fast, she was worried about the reaction of Manuella's children who were awakened from their sleep by someone they didn't know and found her mother dead. They would have thought this was just a bad dream, and that he was part of a dream that would haunt the late Manuella's children into adulthood.

Jacob went to the ambulance, he opened the back door and saw Manuella's body which had been covered by a cloth. He then opened it and saw Manuella's condition one last time.

Manuella's body seemed to be asleep, with her hair disheveled, no pain on her face. She was also still wearing the last clothes used when they met earlier.

"Manuela... Why is your face like this? You've been too good to me and in the end why do you have to go through this? Why don't you live long and see your children happy?" Jacob whispered softly touching Manuella's cold feet. Even now it hurt, even more, when he saw his late mother and father.

Jacob promised in front of Manuella's corpse that he would take care of Manuella's two children until they were adults until they were successful and until they got married. He would bear all the costs, he promised.

Jacob noticed that there was a scar on Manuella's neck and on the left chest. It must have been an assassination plot because there were two gunshot marks.

"Manuella! I promise you, I will put the perpetrators who killed you in prison and I will take care of your children until they grow up and succeed. This is my promise to you, you rest in peace there. I will be the adoptive father of your children, I will take care of them with love, just like you took care of me!" Jacob promised in a hoarse voice. He couldn't hold back the tears that dripped from his eyes. All of Manuella's kindness was playing in her head at this moment.

Manuella who took care of him after he was orphaned. Manuella saw her talent and struggled to find a scholarship... Until she became the success she is today. Little Jacob who lacked parental attention and lived in poverty... Loved and cared for by Manuella who was not yet pregnant. A few months after she took care of Jacob, she was pregnant with the first child... Then the second child, when her second child was born and only a year old, her husband died. Since then Manuella has struggled alone to raise her two children and an adopted son, Jacob.

"I'll be with you to the end," Jacob said to Santiago. "She is my adoptive mother."

"I won't stand in your way, sir. You have every right. If you want, you can be in the ambulance." Offer Santiago.

Jacob shook his head, "I will go to the police station after this, I will monitor the investigation of this case."

Santiago nodded in agreement. "Ok then. Hopefully, the culprits are found quickly and get the punishment they deserve.

"Sure, I'll check it myself."

Margy came with Robby and Maria. They walked briskly and occasionally ran, the goal being Jacob who was now standing tall, looking at them with a sad face and trembling figure.

Maria and Robby, who had known Jacob since childhood, immediately ran over and hugged their adopted brother. They were weeping. The three of them, grieving and mourning, over the passing of Manuella, their mother together.

Jacob ordered Maria and Robby to see Manuella's body one last time, after which Manuella would be taken to the hospital and an autopsy performed. Jacob who will bear and take care of all costs and affairs at the hospital and the police.

Jacob asked Margy and her two adopted sisters to go back to her house, using a taxi. Meanwhile, he would go to the hospital and escort Manuella, waiting for her to the end. Maria and Robby nodded in agreement and complied, they got into the taxi with Margy to go back to Jacob's house. Maria and Robby were asked to rest and will be escorted to Manuella's final resting place tomorrow morning. Jacob promised to pick them up early in the morning.

"From now on, you are my children. I will take care of you, pay for you, educate you until you succeed, have a career, get married... All I will bear and I will be responsible for you. I will give love and affection, just like Manuella who has taken care of me, loved me, and cherished me since I was little!" Jacob told Maria and Robby with eyes wet with tears.

Margy just looked from the side and wept bitterly, a sight that sliced ​​her heart. Jacob was so devastated by Manuella's death, as sad and devastated as Maria and Robby, Manuella's biological son. She was truly an extraordinary woman, who loved with all her heart, even an orphan like Jacob, mourned her passing. Hopefully, he can help heal the three of them's sadness, Margy promises to make Manuella's three children smile in the future. He gently stroked Maria's hair, which rested her head on Margy's shoulder.

"Don't worry. Don't worry! Your sister will take care of everything. You will be safe with us too, I am Margy, your future adoptive brother too. I will be Jacob's wife." Margy said to which Maria gave a small nod.